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At Langdon Elementary School in North Hills Friday morning, some lucky students got new duds, thanks to the Assistance League of Los Angeles.

The Assistance League provides clothes and school supplies for children in need through its Operation School Bell program. On Friday, the League rolled out its 53-foot-long trailer, Operation School Bell on Wheels, stocked with pants, tops, jackets, socks and shoes and outfitted with dressing rooms for kids to try on their new threads. The students, chosen on the basis of need and family income, each got a new outfit, backpack and grooming supplies.

LAPD officer Mannie Price, Community Relationship Division, gets a high five from Dearborn Elementary student Taratron Risamutngam, 8, after helping him select a new pair of shoes at Langdon Avenue Elementary School in North Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Around 250 students from elementary schools in Local District Northwest receive school supplies and new outfits, courtesy of the Assistance League of Los Angeles. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

LAPD officer Rashad Sharif, Community Relationship Division, helps Dearborn Elementary student Mareli Armas, 9, select a new pair of shoes at Langdon Avenue Elementary School in North Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Around 250 students from elementary schools in Local District Northwest receive school supplies and new outfits, courtesy of the Assistance League of Los Angeles. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteer and Assistance League of Los Angeles member Susan Harmon helps Bassett Street Elementary student Charles Poydras, 6, select a book at Langdon Avenue Elementary School in North Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Around 250 students from elementary schools in Local District Northwest receive school supplies and new outfits, courtesy of the Assistance League of Los Angeles. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

LAPD senior lead officer Joseph Lopes, Community Relationship Division, helps Knollwood Preparatory Academy student Philippe Gonzalez, 8, select a new pair of shoes at Langdon Avenue Elementary School in North Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Around 250 students from elementary schools in Local District Northwest receive school supplies and new outfits, courtesy of the Assistance League of Los Angeles. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Bassett Street Elementary student Cali Groenewold, 8, is all smiles after receiving school supplies, new outfits and a book courtesy of the Assistance League of Los Angeles at Langdon Avenue Elementary School in North Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Around 250 students from elementary schools in Local District Northwest receive school supplies and new outfits, courtesy of the Assistance League of Los Angeles. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Volunteers and Assistance League of Los Angeles members fill the backpacks with new outfits for Bassett Street Elementary students Charles Poydras, 6, center, King Poydras, 8, left, and Siyre Munson, 10, inside the Operation School Bell on Wheels trailer at Langdon Avenue Elementary School in North Hills on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Around 250 students from elementary schools in Local District Northwest receive school supplies and new outfits, courtesy of the Assistance League of Los Angeles. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)